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LONDON. Oct. B--The comic side Of coer-
cion. the latest IN DEVELOPING, has been pro-
eented to US this week. Il has been comical
for the Irish and their friends and very solemn
and unpleasant for the Tories. All the wisdom
Of Dublin Castle. the deep learning Of the Lord
High Chancellor, and tho mighty brain work
Of the Attorney General had been concentrated
upon the task Of soourging Mr.. Sullivan. the
most worshipful Lord Mayor Of Dublin. the
graceful poet, the common-senso Newspaper
man, and the hard-hehting patriot Az Mayor
no had encouraged all goings on calou-
lated to hurt Tory feelings, rs poet
he had painted In spirited words the
coming downfall Of coercion. and al
O newspaper man no had encouraged the
plucky members OF the so-called suppressed
branches, publishing all the doines Of their
League meetings. It was determinedto prose-
cute tho newspaper man. and. By convicting
him, to punish the poet, patriot, 40. Sullivan
chose to appear % Lord Mayor, and 30 he
marched into court on Thursday with all his
ofioial flnery. and was duly escorted by his
councillors. sherifs, sword bearer. and mace
bearer; In short. he was o rarely gorgeous and
out-of-the-way criminal Meanwhile the Tory
world Rioated. while Tory editors worked on
editorials praising tho strons arm o. uoVetn.
ment. which. reaching out impartaaiiy' nao
pulled Live Lord Mayor down.
But there was In court very smsl man:
dressed In pepper ana salt very near sientea
In his physical vision. but very lar signted
otherwise. Timothy healy it was menty
yer. This small man settled his glasses
firmly ON his nose with movement very
familiar to tho frequenters Of the House OF
Commons, and blithely informed Dublin
Castle. the Lord High Chancellor. and all the
rest Of them. that in their eagerness to coerce
. Lord Mayor they had overlooked the i'm
portant work Of proving tho charges brought
against the newspaper man. There was NO
one there to prove that the meetings reported
really were the suppressed League meetings.
About all that the wise prosecutors could
find to say was: "Oh. dear NOR or something
similar. Every Irishman in court laughed
very loudly. and Irishmen In general have
been laughing ever since. The Lord Mayor
settled his broad gold chain Of ONCE deflantly.
shook hands with wise Healy, and then gather
ing together his sword bearer. mace bearer.
and all tho rest. went solemnly and triumph
Antly homo again.
This triumph OF Healy. OF tho Lord Mayor.
and of Irishmen generally has gone straight to
the Tory heart, and Ii ranking there. The
Standard. BY far the ablost OF the Tory news
papers, tells the Government truly that cause
which allows itself to be laughed at Is sure to
be losing cause In Ireland As for the
Dublin Ezpress. that organ OF the
Irish loyalists. OF. more clearly put
Of unpatriotic 1rishmsn. forgets all party
sloyalty. II tells The Tory GoyeFnment thst
they have disappointed their friends. calls
upon them either to enforce coercton law OF
else to summon meeting Of Parliament. ana
repeal the measure which they are afraid to
administer. The Government OF the Queen IN
Ireland. 1t declares. cannot now SINK much
lower without imminent risk OF sudden
and ienominious collapse. The Express con-
trasts the pluck. energy, and determination OF
patriotic lr1shmen with the umidity and hesi-
tation shown BY the Government agents. and
bitterly bemosns tho state OF things In gem
eral; all Of which. Of course. makes very inter-
esting reading Tor Home rulers.
The cross-e1sminatton OF lnformer cailinan
gives an idea OF the petty methods used by
the Tory Government In their task OF restoring
peace and prosperity to Ireland. This most
loathsome creature. Imprisoned an unlimited
number OF times. guilty on his own confession
OF tho most revolving crimes. ID employed by
agents OF the Government HIS business Is to
got the confidence OF the Ignorant peasantry
By any pretenoe. and. having learned their 3D.
crets. to sell them to the police NO one VII!
need to DO told that such man was capable OF
instgating moonlighting expeditions IN order
TO have news to soil to his empioyera The ac-
cusation that It was no and. indirectly. the
Government that organised and brought about
the raid resulting In the killing OF Constable
Whelehan 10 far from being as absurd as tho